Gates, William, 1863-1940
Dates
- Existence: 1863 - 1940
Biographical History
William Gates (1863-1940) was an author, linguist, archaeologist, collector, publisher, museum director, and president of the Maya Society.
Citation:
His Rural education in Mexico and the Indian problem, 1935: t.p. (William Gates)LC in RLIN, 2-26-87 (hdg.: Gates, William Edmond, 1863-1940; usage: William Gates)
Weeks, J.M. Mesoamerican ethnohistory in United States libraries, c1990: t.p. (William E. Gates) p. 9, etc. (b. 12-8-1863; grad. of Johns Hopkins Univ.; owned printing business 1887-1905; became collector of Mesoamerican historical & linguistic mss.; d. 4-24-40 in Baltimore)
Found in 67 Collections and/or Records:
William Gates collection of Pocomam source materials, 1867-1940
Contains photocopies and typescripts, compiled by Gates between 1898 and 1940, of source materials in the Pocomam language.
William Gates collection of Pocomam texts, 1720
Contains a photocopy and a typescript from Gates' collection of texts in the Pocomam language.
William Gates collection of Pocomchi texts, 1521-1940
Contains photocopies and typescripts from Gates' collection of texts in Pocomchí.
William Gates collection of Quiché Christian texts, 1521-1940
Contains photocopies from Gates' collection of Christian texts in Quiché.
William Gates collection of Quiché source materials, 1550-1940
Contains numerous manuscripts, typescripts, and photocopies, compiled by Gates between 1898 and 1940, of source materials in the Quiché language.
William Gates collection of Quiché texts, 1521-1940
Contains photocopies, manuscripts, and typescripts from Gates' collection of Popul Vuh-related texts and Christian texts in Quiché.
William Gates collection of source materials on grammars and vocabularies of native languages, 1520-1940
Contains source materials, largely photocopies, of numerous Mesoamerican, Central American, and South American Indian languages. All materials were compiled throughout Gates' 1898 to 1940 academic involvement with Mesoamerica.
William Gates collection of Spanish texts, 1521-1940
Contains photocopies and a typescript from Gates' collection of texts in the Spanish language.
William Gates collection of Tarascan source materials, 1569-1886
Contains a photocopies and pamphlets, compiled by Gates between 1898 and 1940, of source material in the Tarascan language.
William Gates collection of Tarascan texts, 1521-1940
Contains photocopies of Christian-related texts from Gates' collection of Tarascan texts.